wherein you will find ramblings about fiber dyeing, spinning, knitting,... and photos (sometimes), family and friend updates, rants when i need to, lack of upper case letters, weird punctuation and freedom of expression (especially mine)! To answer the question of where did it come from... this "twisted mom/twisted sandy" thing. ...during the 90's a group of my spinning students became spinning friends, which morphed into Twisted Sisters, which evolved into calling me the Twisted Mom.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

snow came to Duvall

i spent 5 days with my grandkids while their parents went to Las Vegas. we did make a good effort to get to go along with them and got an unequivocal "no", but that's ok... we had a good time! there was some snow and Z was so anxious to go out in it that she didn't bother getting out of her nighty first... just kind of dressed around and under it and seemed warm enough. and made some fine snow balls!

they don't seem to mind posing.

part of the fun for me is unlimited use of Kate's electric carder and access to several bins of dyed fiber that she has deemed unworthy of selling.... some of my favorite fibers are in there! blueface leicester, silk, silk, silk, alpaca, merino... and on and on. so i made several lovely blended batts. mmmmm - some happy spinning ahead.

the weather stayed really cold, so the snow hadn't totally melted before i left on tuesday. this is the view from the deck. i kept watching for some wildlife like at least some deer, if not bobcats or bears... but none came by.

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many thanks to my Twisted Sisters!!

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"Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain."

and another reminder to myself: "Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty, well-preseved body, but rather to skid in broadside, with wine glass in one hand and chocolate in the other, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... WOW! What a ride!!"

About Me

I knit, spin, dye fiber, quilt, garden, live in the pacific northwest and love it all. whenever i have the opportunity, i enable others in all things fibery. as often as possible i spend time in a small village in the rugged hills of Crete, Greece and enjoy being with friends there (some of whom have become like family)... and enjoy the local wine and raki. and i always love coming home to my queendom and our sweet dogs, Meika and Tasha... a siberian husky and a mix of husky and who knows.